Help me pick a GPU (flight sim content inside)

[Terryv]

I'm building for a friend of mine (he's a pilot) a flight sim PC and I'm having trouble finding info on a GPU that would drive 3 1080p screens without overspending.

 

Sim in question in is undecided, xplane and FSX are on the shortlist. running at the highest or near the highest settings at a playable frame rate is the goal.

 

SLI/crossfire is an option if the games support it.

 

This PC will do little to nothing else.

[Guest]

RX 480 or GTX 1070

[Unexas.]

2 minutes ago, Terryv said:

I'm building for a friend of mine (he's a pilot) a flight sim PC and I'm having trouble finding info on a GPU that would drive 3 1080p screens without overspending.

 

Sim in question in is undecided, xplane and FSX are on the shortlist. running at the highest or near the highest settings at a playable frame rate is the goal.

 

SLI/crossfire is an option if the games support it.

 

This PC will do little to nothing else.

What is "overspending"?

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, Unexas. said:

What is "overspending"?

Spending more than what he wants to spend on the PC. But he didn't exactly put aside his budget.

[Gonio]

You need atleast a 1070, but imo the 1080 is the smarter choice. SLI/CF I never recommend unless no single card solution is possible. You require a very  smooth gaming experience for best results. Not entirely sure on titles, but these game can be graphically demanding I think, especially future coming sims he might gonna use..

[Terryv]

budget for the tower only is about 2500$ CAD. what we don't have to spend on the tower we can put towards more or better controls, chair and sim cockpit

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3 minutes ago, Terryv said:

budget for the tower only is about 2500$ CAD. what we don't have to spend on the tower we can put towards more or better controls, chair and sim cockpit

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/f4WBvV 

What about this?

[Terryv]

looks similar to what I've been thinking of. But will a 1080 handle it? reading on some sim forums show the 980ti would drop below playable on some of the more demading areas (like say landing in a very large/busy airport) when on 3 monitors.

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15 minutes ago, Terryv said:

looks similar to what I've been thinking of. But will a 1080 handle it? reading on some sim forums show the 980ti would drop below playable on some of the more demading areas (like say landing in a very large/busy airport) when on 3 monitors.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/gcDkD8

[Gonio]

A 1080 is already much better then the 980 Ti. Thats why I mentioned it being the smarter choice for a good sim experience. I think 1 1080 should do the trick well.

1 hour ago, Unexas. said:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/f4WBvV 

What about this?

You can save some money by taking a 750 series Evo over the 850, almost same performance but a nicer price.

 

Not exactly sure how CPU hungry those sims are, but overall they are hungry so don't scimp on a locked CPU and probably stay on the 6700K because of a 1080. Only suggest to take the Scythe Fuma as cooler so that you have a better OC potential in the future for increased usable lifespan even if OCing now is not needed or wanted.

 

A part where sometimes more is spend on then needed is PSU. As long as it is is a decent PSU a 550-650 w range PSU is more then enough for even OC and multi GPU setups. No need for 850 or 1000 w PSU's.

 

Take this into regard even if the budget would be tight for the other stuff. For a good experience you need that GPU/CPU horsepower so don't make a sacrifice there.

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1 minute ago, Gonio said:

A 1080 is already much better then the 980 Ti. Thats why I mentioned it being the smarter choice for a good sim experience. I think 1 1080 should do the trick well.

You can save some money by taking a 750 series Evo over the 850, almost same performance but a nicer price.

 

Not exactly sure how CPU hungry those sims are, but overall they are hungry so don't scimp on a locked CPU and probably stay on the 6700K because of a 1080. Only suggest to take the Scythe Fuma as cooler so that you have a better OC potential in the future for increased usable lifespan even if OCing now is not needed or wanted.

 

A part where sometimes more is spend on then needed is PSU. As long as it is is a decent PSU a 550-650 w range PSU is more then enough for even OC and multi GPU setups. No need for 850 or 1000 w PSU's.

 

Take this into regard even if the budget would be tight for the other stuff. For a good experience you need that GPU/CPU horsepower so don't make a sacrifice there.

AKA the second one i posted.

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/gcDkD8